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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says if he weren't a Virginian he'd "probably want to be a Texan." Swearing in new Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht in Austin on Monday, Scalia said, "I do fit right in here." That came in response to Gov. Rick Perry, who...

A Dallas grand jury has indicted a former teacher and Dallas Mavericks dancer for capital murder in the deaths of two people. An indictment returned last week accuses Erbie Bowser of killing his estranged wife, Zina Bowser, and her daughter, Neima Williams, on August 7. Police...

A grand jury has indicted a former North Texas police officer on a charge of manslaughter for firing 41 times at a fleeing suspect who died from the gunshots. The Dallas County grand jury indicted 33-year-old Patrick Tuter on Monday. He was working as a Garland officer in August...

A Texas woman is among a team of wounded U.S. service members in London this week for a publicity tour before starting a fundraising race to the South Pole with Britain's Prince Harry. The U.S. team is organized by the Colorado group Soldiers to Summits. Director Jason Eckman...

The University of Texas System board of regents has voted to approve Steve Patterson's hiring as athletic director overseeing one of the nation's wealthiest athletic departments. Regents met by phone Monday to OK the hiring of Patterson, who will leave his post as AD at Arizona...

Officials say the Houston Astrodome could still be saved, even though voters have rejected a $217 million idea to turn it into a multipurpose facility. Ideas for the saving the abandoned stadium include transforming it into an indoor skiing complex or creating an amusement park...

HOUSTON (AP) - Investigators say a retired Harris County sheriff's deputy has been arrested for sexually assaulting a young girl over several years. John Van Trump was arrested Friday and charged with super aggravated sexual assault, because the victim was under 6. Investigators...

DALLAS (AP) - Police Chief David Brown has increased the number of detectives investigating robberies in Dallas as the city sees an increase in the crime. The reassignments by Brown is a departure from a decision last year to reduce the number of robbery detectives. Police...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Reston man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for producing child pornography after he enticed two children to perform explicit activity that he recorded. Twenty-seven-year-old Alex Ernesto Calderon Velasquez was sentenced Friday in federal court...